Hanger for lighting-fixtures.



F. M. BROOKS.

HANGER FOR LIGHTING FIXTURES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.10, 1914.

1,115,166. Patented Oct.27,1914c.

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HANGER FOR LIGHTING-FIXTURES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed April 10, 1914. Serial No. 830,877.

Be it known that I, FRANK M. BRooKs, v he borough of Brooklyn, in the count of Kings, city and State of New York, ave invented an Improvement in Hangers for .iirighting-Fixtures, of which the iollowmg -is a specification.

My resent invention relates to a hanger or hook for suspending the shades, globes or bowls of lighting fixtures, and more particularly to ahanger adapted to support the bowls now commonly employed in fixtures for producing the so-ca ledsemi-indirect lighting effects. So far as I am aware, the most common manner of supporting these bowls is by suitably suspending a ring, provided with a flange adapted to receive the rim of the bowl, the flange being fitted with set screws which pass through and turn within the same and are adapted at their ends .to engage the outer surface of the rim of the bowl to secure it in place. I am also aware that more recently, ,in some instances, this suspendin ring member has been dispensed with and angers or hooks employed .to sup ever, these. hangers orhooks are recessed to receive a portion of the rim of the bowl, and are also fitted with set screws adapted to turn inthe hangers so as to, engage the rim of the bowl tohold the same in position. In both these structures, it is necessary to exercise considerable care/in adjusting the set screws to place, inasmuch as, if turned too far, they are liable tocrack the bowl, and if not turned far enough. they will not prop'- erly support the bowl, and even when pro'pcrly adjusted to place, hangers-of this nature do not provide for any relative movement bctwccn bowl and its support,

which relativemovement is essential to in-V sure against the bowl becoming easily broken or displaced.

Now the object ofmy present invention is to overcome these difficulties, and in carrymg out the same, 1 preferably employ a hanger comprisinga shank fitted with a hook at one end thereof, adapted to receive the end link of a'sllpport chain, a member adapted to cngagethe outer :surface of the rim of the bowl, and a resilient member for yieldingly engaging the inner surface of the bowl in order to provide a relative movement between the same and also to se curely maintain the. contact between 1 the parts at all times so as to properly support the bowl. I

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger made in accordance with my present invention, a portion of a fixture bowl being shown in cross section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of the invention, and Fig. i is a front elevation of the resilient member employed in the form of the invention illustrated in Referring to the drawing, and particularl to Figs. 1 and 52, my improved fixture preerably comprises a shank body member 10, provided at one end with a hook ll, which, when in use, is the upper end, and, as will be understood, the hook 11 is adapted to receive the end link of the chain 12, by which the hanger and the bowl, connectcdthereto, are supported. In suitable positions, the shank member 10 is provided with oppositely disposed lugs 13. These lugs are preferably adjacent the end of the "hanger opposite the hook 11, and adjacent the hook end of the hanger and on the same side as the lugs 13 the hanger is provided with a boss 14.

Together with the parts hcrcinbefore described, I employ a resilient member 15, made of sheet metal or other .matcrial having a required resiliency and provided adjacent to one end with cars 16 preferably turned at right angles thereto. At this end,

the resilient member is provided with an opening through which a screw 17 is passed and turned down into a tapped opening provided therefor in the boss 14, so that whcn in position the cars 16 extend over the opposite sides of theboss 14: to maintain the resilient member in posltion on the hanger and permit the other or lower end of the resilient member to extend adjacent to and beyond. the lugs 13.

18 designates-a bowl adapted for use in a fixture for producing a. semi-indirect light ing effect. 7 Asiscustomary, the rim oithcsc bowls is preferably curved, and as illus trated in Figs. 1 and 2, the hercinhcfore de scribed hook is placed in position on the rim of the bowl with the lugs 13 bearing against the outer surface thereof and the rcsilicnt member 15 hearing against the inner surface thereof, the member lfiproviding suiiicient resiliency to permit of a relative movement also provides for a contact with the outer" parts of the bowl and the members of the. hanger to maintain the same in position at all times. Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be seen that the resilient member 19 may be curve or provided with a loop 20, between its point,

of attachment to the hanger and its'p oint of contact with the bowl. In this structure, the resilient member 19 is providd with an additional screw hole or opening 21,through which the screw 22 may bepassed to main tain the resilient member in position on the boss of the hanger, with the ears 23 thereof extending over opposite sides of the boss, for the same purpose as hereinbefore described in connection with the preferred form of the invention, as shown in Figs. land 2. It will be further noted that the hanger is so constructed that-the end opposite the hook 11, that is to say, opposite-the lower end, when in position for use, as indicated at 2 1,

surface of the bowl.

I claim as my invention:

1. A han er comprising a shank, means at one end t ereof by which the same may be suspended, lugs adjacent the other 'end thereof, and a resilient member connected thereto and between which and the'said lugs a device to be supported may be received and yieldingly held in position.

2. A hanger for the bowls of lighting fintures, comprising a shank, a hook at one end thereof by which the same may be suspended, lugs adjacent the other end thereof, and a resilient member between which and the said lugs the rim ofthe bowl of the lighting fixturemay be received and yield ingly secured in position.

3. A hanger for the bowl of lighting fintures, comprising a shank, a hook at one end thereof and by which the same may be suspended, lugs adjacent the opposite end thereof adapted teeny-age the outer surface of the run of a bowl, and a resilient member adapted to engage the inner surface of the rim of the bowl to yieldingly maintain the same in-positionin the hanger.

l. A hanger for the bowl of lighting fixtures, comprising a shank, afhook atone end thereof and by which the same may be suspended, lugs adjacent the opposite end thereofadaptcd to engage the, outer surface of the rim of a bowharesilient member- 'adapted to contact with theinner surface of the rim of a bowl, and means ls-r securing position on the the said resilient member-in said hanger. a

5. A .hanger thereof by which the samemay besuspended, lugs adjacent the '0' posits end thereof;

adapted to contact wit the outer surface of the rim of a bowl, a bossadjacent the hook end of thehangeqa resilient'member, and

comprising a shank, a hook at one 'endthereof by which the same may besuspended, lugs adjacent the opposite end thereof,

I for bowls of lighting fix: tures, comprising a shank, 'a'hookat one end adapted to contact with theoutersurfa'ce of I the rim of a bowl,,a boss adjacent the hook end of the hanger, a resilient :meihberpon:-

sheet metal, earsturned at right- ,aiigles,

thereto toengage the OPPOSltGSIdGS of the said boss, and a screw passing through the said resilient member and into the said boss in order to maintain the resilient member in position thereon so that it may yieldingly engage the inner surface ot the rim of the. 1 bowl to secure the hanger n place on the rim of the bowl. l

Signed by me this 7th day of April, 1914.

. I FRANK M. BROOKS.

;\ Witnesses: i I

' BERTHA M; Arman,

J. B. Ln BL'aNo. i 

